Release of dissolved organic carbon from copepod fecal pellets in the Greenland Sea

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-124

  Urban Rich, Juanita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Copepod fecal pellets; Dissolved organic carbon; Greenland sea

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FECAL PELLET; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; COPEPOD; GREENLAND; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEA;

GREENLAND SEA;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA;

EID: 0032961292     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00104-X     Document Type: Article

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